Who Is Nick Vaka?

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Who is Nick Vaka, you ask? I am a creative strategist and motion graphics artist specializing in creative direction, content marketing, consulting, thought leadership, and team management. Over the last two decades, I have typically worked on 10+ projects simultaneously with budgets ranging from $5000 to $950K. I can execute on every stage of production from ideation to final delivery.

Based just outside of Washington, DC in Manassas, Virginia (and heavily involved in our local community), I have been managing creative teams from across the globe since long before remote working was the popular thing to do. Over the course of my career, I have built a strong network of trusted partners, vendors, and freelancers, including graphic designers, web developers, software engineers, photographers, videographers, editors, voice-over artists, and talent agencies. Working with me will give you a head start on your creative project by allowing you to tap into my vetted network of creative professionals.

My experience includes:

  • Nearly 20 years’ experience in video, film, and content marketing
  • One Silver Telly Award; two Bronze Telly Awards
  • Delivery of Creative Process for Wikia, Gerber Life, ICANN, Open Desk, and more
  • Production of successful solutions for Black Entertainment Television, Animal Planet, and National Geographic TV
  • Generation of videos for clients such as Deloitte, EY, KLM, L’Oréal, and others
  • Writing and production of eLearning courses and video lectures for distribution on YouTube and broad digital video landscapes
  • Starring in and producing Rock Tonight, a late-night video series that offers tips and tricks to marketers
  • Single-handedly creating marketing assets for social media outreach, as well as a video series on B2B and B2C marketing
  • Writing several blog posts on content marketing and video production published by Entrepreneur magazine

Moreover, you will find me to be collaborative, helpful, decisive, articulate, energetic, and someone you can count on. Contact me through the form below to discuss how I can help your business meet its creative needs, or request a quote here.

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Top Quality Work with Attention to Detail

I worked with Nick on an explainer video for my company. It was my first time producing a video and there was a lot I didn’t know. Nick explained everything in great detail and made the process really comfortable from start to finish. He was able to take a very rough Idea I had and turn it into exactly what I was envisioning, walking me through each step of the production process with great attention to detail. The finished product was better than I had imagined. Will definitely work with him again.

Matt Doyon

Amazing Work!

Our small marketing team has a lot of big goals for this year and without talented partners like Animation Caffeinated, we would not be able to achieve them. One of the best things about working with Nick is that I do not have to hold his hand or answer a ton of questions to get the work done. Working with partners is supposed to relieve stress and you select partners based on their expertise… Nick makes recommendations, selects cuts that he thinks will work best and crafts a video that tells the right story. I do not have to tell him what to do… he is not an order taker, Nick is a creative strategist. I love working with Nick and can’t wait to see what he creates for us this year.

Stephanie Mansueto

Nick’s expertise is game changing

We meet many people every day, but only some leave the marks, and one of them is Nick. Working with Nick has been game changing for our branding initiatives. We’ve joined our hands on several video projects, and Nick is one of the best people we had as a partner. I highly recommend his expertise to any person looking for a creative digital content and video producer. Nick would become an appreciated member of any team.

Giuseppe Caltabiano
Sr. Director of Marketing
Rock Content

Giuseppe Caltabiano

Visionary artist with next level skills

I have worked with Nick across two companies over the last ten years, on different assignments. Besides being a great listener, Nick is very talented in translating complex ideas into beautiful and engaging visuals that not only communicate but persuade. Nick helped me go beyond imagery to build a visual narrative. I can’t recommend him enough.

Keith Strier
NVIDIA

Nick Vaka is a great asset to any organization.

I had the honour of working with Nick for 5 years at Scribblelive-Visually. His positive attitude great creative approach and ability to deliver what our customers asked for on time and in budget as our Video Asset & Talent Manager was great. Customers were always amazed by his knowledge and style.

Brett Huntington

He will always be a key member of my dream team roster.

Nick and I worked together at Visually for years, putting out fires, building our respective verticals, and problem-solving all sorts of weird business problems. Nick is unflappable: clever, solutions-focused, and always positive. He inspires hard work by being a hard worker, and by always giving his team mates respect and the benefit of the doubt. He will always be a key member of my dream team roster. I sincerely hope we have the opportunity to work together again!!

Anni Murray

Nick is a passionate, visionary leader with unstoppable drive.

While his main focus is creative direction and animation, he continues to amaze me with his ability to create and oversee unique, engaging graphics, while maintaining budget and scheduling integrity. I highly recommend working with him!

Tasha Hardy

Nick is a fantastic problem solver and a highly motivated individual.

Aside from being a very talented visual communicator, his charisma and positivity is contagious and fun to be around. I highly recommend Nick and would love the opportunity to work with him again.

Cameron Linderman

Nick is a good-natured person and a terrific collaborator.

Nick is an exceptionally talented Motion Graphics Producer/artist. I have hired him to create short-form motion graphics broadcast pieces and to create and produce a 30 minute animated afternoon television program for children based on MHz’s Shortie character. No matter the challenge placed before him, Nick gladly rose to the occasion with skill, professionalism and creativity. Nick is a good-natured person and a terrific collaborator. I would gladly work with Nick again.

Chris Hunter

Nick shows a thirst for design that is very commendable.

He continually tries to push the limits of a project in a good way and shows a great commitment to impressing the client and pulling his weight on a project team.

Richard Harrington

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